Example sentences of "would set [art] " in BNC.

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1 We thought we 'd set an example .
2 He 'd set the staff straight if there was any nonsense …
3 It dwarfed , for instance , the monument on the river bank to the Renaissance explorers and circumnavigators who 'd set the tiny country on the path to greatness .
4 It would set a central rate for sterling against the European Currency Unit .
5 Should he make it three out of four , that would set a record unmatched even by Jack Nicklaus , despite his six victories between 1963 and 1986 .
6 THE son of millionaire fraudster Robert Maxwell tried to ban a charity children 's book which he claimed would set a jury against him .
7 If we were to solve our problem by disposing of our enemy , we would set a very disgusting precedent in terms of separatist problem-solving .
8 Then.the command to obey his parents ‘ in the Lord ’ would set a different limit on that obedience .
9 Then the monstrous green body exploded like a balloon of filth , spattering the walls of the cavern and the cages of the cowering young prisoners — the last time he/she would set a mark upon them .
10 Here a different Home Secretary , Herbert Morrison of the Labour party , argued that legislation protecting a particular group of persons would set a most dangerous precedent , and that although Ratcliffe 's pamphlet was deplorable , he could not prevent its publication .
11 The majority in the State Council feared that these proposals would set a damaging precedent and , with the consent of the Tsar , rejected the bill .
12 Ever again would set a pattern .
13 The danger with that we believe could be that we would set a date for the merger and take all the important issues and discussions , how many regions will it have will we have , the those regions and a hundred and one other problems raised by that merger into a tight timescale .
14 I can not withdraw the amendment , which would set a date for the introduction of a further education funding council .
15 Meanwhile , an attempt by France on April 2 to persuade the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution to provide protection for the Kurds , ended in failure after opposition from China , the Soviet Union and the USA , which maintained that it would set a precedent for Security Council involvement in internal controversies .
16 A Soviet Foreign Ministry statement of Nov. 30 said that such an action would set a " dangerous international precedent " .
17 The greater involvement of the Security Council in matters pertaining to disarmament had reportedly been resisted by India , a non-permanent member , on grounds that it would set a precedent for future intrusive inspections and controls by the UN .
18 In the agriculture and forestry sector the committee would set a target only for rice production , leaving export quotas for other major products such as rubber and coffee to be set by government departments .
19 It 'd also allow Miss 's lawyers to seek an injunction preventing the deportation which would set a legal precedent .
20 In Fig. 11–11 the median voter is constrained to vote for an output combination along 18 of the budget line 12 because otherwise the local authority would set tax rates that left the poorest citizens with a minimum income level lower than that regarded as acceptable ; i.e. they would set a tax greater than 19 .
21 It would set a precedent in an area of outstanding natural beauty .
22 He says it would set a precedent .
23 Moves to lift the clause would set a national precedent .
24 Moves to lift the clause inserted in the company 's contract to prevent asset stripping after de-regulation of the buses would set a national precedent .
25 The childless were also more concerned about items which they thought would set a bad example to children while nearly all parents were aware of the 9pm watershed for more adult programming .
26 no , what I 'm saying is I think that 's something that the B A I E education committee nationally should sit down and have a look at , I mean it may well be that at the end of the day Napier would set a better exam paper than they would er , also I 've suggested to them and again they have n't that Napier validate the course do the marking but with perhaps two B A I E fellows
27 It 'd also allow Miss 's lawyers to seek an injunction preventing the deportation which would set a legal precedent .
28 A proposal to allow professors to retire on full pension at 63 instead of 65 has met with little support from state finance ministers because of its cost , and also because it would set an expensive precedent for all other civil servants .
29 When Alistair Wright became human resource director at Digital Equipment Co six years ago , he vowed he would set an example to the rest of the organisation by passing authority down the line and totally empowering his staff .
30 He hoped that the government would set an example to the nation by inaugurating a period of change , but he did not believe that the estates of the realm should be given extensive political rights or that the power of the tsar should be dramatically reduced .
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